How to take off stickers

[CLYDE05]

I'm a newbie
how do you take the stickers off, without scratching the paint.

 

[Jet Li]

Welcome aboard!

Do you mean take off the warning sticker from the tank or the actual Hayabusa logos from the faring?

 

[Vic_E55_2001]

Heat gun or hair drier if you don`t have heat gun. Then some WD40 to clean residue.

 

[CLYDE05]

Welcome aboard!

Do you mean take off the warning sticker from the tank or the actual Hayabusa logos from the faring?

yes, that's what I'm talking about.
When I post my pic I don't want to look like a newbie.

 

[Jet Li]

That's good advice. I used my wife's hair dryer and a credit card to push up the sticker. I found a cotton towel and WD40 worked well to get up the adhesive. I had to use copious amounts of WD40. Then just used mild soap and hot water to clean up the residual WD40 from the tank!

 

[CLYDE05]

Heat gun or hair drier if you don`t have heat gun. Then some WD40 to clean residue.

Thanks bro.
I'm going to try that.

 

[Vic_E55_2001]

no prob..
no stinking warning stickers.
I don`t think you was asking about bid kanji logos, didn`t ya?
You can also take them off. That is not as easy as stickers.

 

[adrenaline junkey]

man if ya use a heat gun be real careful those can blister paint in a heart beat

 

[BigBSBusa]

Hair dryer and 3M adhesive remover. Not a big deal, but don't forget the reflectors! That will give you away every time!

 

[EastCoast]

man if ya use a heat gun be real careful those can blister paint in a heart beat

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I would use a hair dryer. Heat gun will zap the paint too much.



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[05 Busa LE]

The hardest one is the one on the tank. I used a fingernail (took about 45 minutes), then some duct tape to pull off the remaining glue, and then a good wax.

 

[monti]

I used WD40 and it worked fine, just apply it and let it sit for a few minutes and start peeling a little at a time.

 

[Vic_E55_2001]

man if ya use a heat gun be real careful those can blister paint in a heart beat

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I would use a hair dryer. Heat gun will zap the paint too much.

Right right ..... carefull with heatgun. The trick is that not to buildup heat in the part. warning stickers piece of cake..
Fairing decals is another story. It is possible to remove them.
I`d reccoment heatgun, 1000F quick blast with point nozzle, 4-5 inches 3-5 seconds. point the heatgun away and use paper towel to scrab little by little...

 

[NightCrawler]

All stickers came right up for me except the tank. Used a blowdryer get help me out a bit, then removed the residue with Goo Gone.

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[Jet Li]

I went out for a ride and decided to remove frame stickers when I got back. The engine heated the frame just enough and the frame stickers peeled right off without any trouble at all!!
I was given good advice though, do not remove the frame sticker with the VIN on it. It is located just under the faring on the left side and on mine is just visible, which sucks!

 

[DRAGBUSA1300R]

will try wd on mine

 

[Aquaman]

I used the hairdryer,but on the gas tank,it was a little harder.
A clear mylar peeled off great,but then I had to use my fingernail to get the paper writing off,then used some wd-40

 

[DaCol.]

Did the same with the tank as you, but DO use a cleaning wax to go over where the sticker was

 

[frisbee]

Heat gun ! But of course you do need to be careful.